Section 1.1: Healthy Active Lifestyle.
PHYSICAL Benefits
E.G. To improve your body .G. shape. To relieve tension and To tone up. stress To build up muscle/ To get rid of aggresimprove strength. sion. To make bones stronger. To help you to forget To make our heart and your problems. lungs work more To improve your self esefficiently. teem/feel better about To prevent heart disease, yourself. high blood pressure, To improve confidence obesity and cancer. For enjoyment. To increase you life To relieve boredom. expectancy.
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MENTAL Benefits
E.G. To meet new people. To make new friends. To mix with others. To develop teamwork and co-operation skills. To make a career out of sport. To work in groups or as part of a team.
SOCIAL Benefits
Developing friendship and social mixing - friends, coaches, officials
Aesthetic appreciation - appreciate when something looks nice e.g. gym.
Competition - mental benefit e.g. allows you to forget about problems.
Co-operation - working as a team and sharing. E.g. football/netball.
Having a Healthy, active lifestyle can help to PROMOTE the following:
having a lifestyle that contributes positively to physical, mental and social wellbeing, and includes regular exercise and physical activity.
Healthy, Active Lifestyle
Reasons for Taking Part in Exercise
There are 3 main reasons/benefits why people take part in Exercise:
Topic 1.1.1
Reasons for taking part in sport Co-operation: Many sports are played in teams. Working in groups helps to improve teamwork and co-operation.
Competition: This can help to relieve stress and tension. Competition is about winning and beating an opponent or your per-
Physical Challenge:
Taking on a seemingly impossible task and physically and mentally challenging task. A good example is the Marathon.
Aesthetic appreciation:
When a performance is pleasing to the eye. For example, a brilliantly executed goal, a perfect handstand
Development of friendship/social: Taking part in exercise means making new friends including fellow participants, coaches, trainers and officials
Key terms and definitions Healthy Active Lifestyles Definition: A lifestyle that contributes positively to physical, mental, social wellbeing and includes regular exercise. Health Definition: Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social wellbeing and not merely the absence of disease and infirmity. Key terms: Healthy, active lifestyle. Self-esteem. Aesthetic appreciation
Serotonin Physical Challenge Competition
HEALTH MENTAL
SOCIAL PHYSICAL
QUESTION TIME 1. Explain the range of benefits of physical activity and describe how they will improve the performers health. In your answer you may consider:  Mental, physical and social benefits of exercise.  Discuss the potential reasons for taking part in physical activity (6 marks) 2. What is the term used to describe the appreciation of beauty of a skillful performance? (1 mark) 3. Regular participation in physical activity is thought to be to the individual. Explain how participation in physical activity can stimulate: (a) Cooperation (1 (b) Competition (1 (c) Physical challenge (2
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4. Many people take part in physical activity to _____________ Stress. This is a __________benefit of exercise. (1 Mark) 5. Weight loss as a result of physical activity is a physical benefit of exercise. Weight loss could also have a mental benefit to the individual, for example__________. (1 Mark) 6. Weight loss as a result of physical activity is achieved by__________.
(1 Mark)